H-1B Salary Lookup

Project Scientist H-1B Salary by Company

54 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Project Scientist" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Biochemists and Biophysicists, Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists, Biological Scientists, All Other.

$85,322Median salary
$72,10825th percentile
$104,26975th percentile
54Filings

Top-paying companies for Project Scientist

Employers with at least 3 filings for this title, ranked by median offered salary.

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research3$106,761$103,336 – $114,380
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab3$105,292$97,646 – $105,292
University of California at Santa Barbara6$92,450$84,200 – $100,100
Carnegie Mellon University6$80,145$80,036 – $80,145
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center27$77,085$68,723 – $93,434

Companies filing the most Project Scientist H-1Bs

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center27$77,085$68,723 – $93,434
Carnegie Mellon University6$80,145$80,036 – $80,145
University of California at Santa Barbara6$92,450$84,200 – $100,100
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab3$105,292$97,646 – $105,292
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research3$106,761$103,336 – $114,380
Terracon Consultants2$131,000$131,000 – $131,000
University of California, Los Angeles2$111,600$109,650 – $113,550
Alliance Technical Group1$49,000$49,000 – $49,000
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory1$144,900$144,900 – $144,900
Satelytics1$85,000$85,000 – $85,000
University of California, Davis1$120,200$120,200 – $120,200
University of California, Irvine1$115,500$115,500 – $115,500

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Los Angeles, CA23$77,085
Santa Barbara, CA6$92,450
Pittsburgh, PA6$80,145
West Hollywood, CA3$85,322
Boulder, CO3$106,761
Menlo Park, CA2$97,646
Beverly Hills, CA2$85,311
Boston, MA2$112,217
Menolo Park, CA1$105,292
Berkeley, CA1$144,900
Perrysburg, OH1$85,000
Earth City, MO1$49,000
Olathe, KS1$131,000
Davis, CA1$120,200
Irvine, CA1$115,500

Wage levels

Level I55% · 24
Level II18% · 8
Level III20% · 9
Level IV7% · 3

Prevailing-wage level the employer selected (I = entry, IV = fully competent).